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Breckinridge’s investigation—with the assistance of superfluous hottie Jill Marin (“Desperate Houswives’” Eva Langoria)—leads to his old mentor, Pete Garrison (Michael Douglas), with whom he now has complicated beef. Garrison heads the First Lady’s (the still hot Kim Bassinger) security detail—when he’s not schtuping her, of course. Could Garrison have been framed...
...those who are interested, however, “The Sentinel” is pretty solid entertainment. The script, though unsurprising, does include a few nice touches—Garrison is ostensibly one of the agents that took a bullet for Reagan in 1981. But as a whole, it is no improvement over screenwriter George Nolfi’s last attempt at hipping up an old genre, “Ocean?...
Shouldn’t someone else take over the investigation when it becomes clear that Breckinridge is too tied up in it to complete it appropriately? Why can’t they trace Garrison’s phone records when he goes rogue? Why does Breckinridge clear Garrison after being so certain of his guilt, before he receives the key information proving Garrison’s innocence? Why is the first lady, who should be the strongest female character, a passive slut...
...might just top them all: viewers have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to actually witness what Streep would be like as a mediocre entertainer. The imperial actress plays against her austere character type, transforming into second-rate country singer Yolanda Johnson on set of the final broadcast of Garrison Keillor’s live radio variety show.“My character’s supposed to be a kind of a half-assed singer, so the mistakes were ok,” Streep says at a press conference at Brookline’s Coolidge Corner Theatre, hours before...
...series of Streep-centered seminars and screenings will lead up to the award ceremony on April 5. The event will feature a preview showing of Robert Altman’s upcoming film “A Prairie Home Companion,” based on Garrison Keillor’s long-running radio show. Streep plays a country music diva, joined by an eclectic group of actors including pop-princess Lindsay Lohan and comedic staple Lily Tomlin...